Table 3.
Best-evidence synthesis of relationship between monitoring tools and change in physical qualities, injury or illness
| Physical qualities | Injury | Illness | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerobic fitness | Strength | Speed | Power | Change of direction | Flexibility | Muscular endurance | Repeated sprint ability | |||
| External training loads | ||||||||||
| GNSS | ||||||||||
| Total distance | − | ↑ | ? | |||||||
| High speed running (> 5 ms) | ? | ? | ||||||||
| Player load | − | |||||||||
| Acceleration/deceleration load | ↑ | ? | ||||||||
| Accelerometer | ||||||||||
| Vertical ground reaction force | ↑ | |||||||||
| Strides per session | − | |||||||||
| Cumulative loading | − | ↑ | ||||||||
| Training duration | ? | ? | ? | ? | ↑ | ↑↑ | ↑ | |||
| Resistance training volume load | ↑↑ | ? | ↑ | |||||||
| Throw count | ↑↑ | |||||||||
| Internal training loads | ||||||||||
| Heart rate | ||||||||||
| iTRIMP | ? | |||||||||
| eTRIMP | ↑ | ↑ | ||||||||
| bTRIMP | ? | |||||||||
| luTRIMP | ? | |||||||||
| TeamTRIMP | − | |||||||||
| sRPE | ? | ? | ? | ? | − | − | ? | ? | ? | |
| dRPE | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | |||||||
↑↑↑ Strong positive relationship, ↑↑ moderate positive relationship, ↑ limited positive relationship, ↓↓↓ strong negative relationship, ↓↓ moderate negative relationship, ↓ limited negative relationship, ? inconsistent significant relationships, − no significant relationship reported, bTRIMP Banister’s training impulse, dRPE differential ratings of perceived exertion, eTRIMP Edwards’ training impulse, GNSS global navigation satellite system, iTRIMP individualised training impulse, luTRIMP Lucia’s training impulse, sRPE session rating of perceived exertion, TeamTRIMP team training impulse